Authors Aim To Save Marriages

November 14, 1990

If you don`t think your marriage can afford a counselor even at bargain rates, you could try a new self-help book for $7.95. Of course, self-help may not be the easiest thing for a couple on the brink of divorce.

Doctors Bettie Youngs Bilicki and Masa Goetz, veterans of the emotional healing business, have written ``Getting Back Together`` (Bob Adams Inc.). In the book, they suggest separation as the first step toward reunion: ``Time apart gives you a chance to step back and gain insight about what`s wrong between you. Removed from the old struggles that caused so much pain, you can now take a timeout to rest and recuperate.``

To back their advice, they cite statistics showing that 80 percent of all married couples separate for two months or more sometime during their marriage and that 18 percent of couples who actually divorce remarry each other.